Not at all. Not even that אבק ABAK is 'dust, powder' and also 'struggle'.
The "explanation" for this apparent anomaly, that wrestling
is a dusty business, is in my opinion silly.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 11, 2013, at 1:09 AM, Mike Burke wrote:

this word is derived from a word meaning "fight," or "war."

Doesn't that seem kinda odd?

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